# Episode 314: "Best of" - Our Favorite Poems

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Podcast: [The Literary Life Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-literary-life-podcast-743688)
Published: 2026-02-03T06:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

On this "Best of The Literary Life" episode from the vault, our hosts discuss their favorite poems and poets. Cindy starts off by sharing the early influences on her developing a love of poetry. Thomas also shares about his mother reading poetry to him as a child and the poetry that made an impression on him as a child. Angelina talks about coming to poetry later in life and how she finally came to love it through learning about the metaphysical poets. Cindy and Thomas talk about the powerful effect of reading and reciting poetry in meter. Thomas also brings up the potential of hymn texts as beautiful, high-ranking poetry. From classic to modern, they share many poems and passages from their most beloved poetry, making this a soothing, lyrical episode. If you want to learn more, check out Thomas' webinar How to Love Poetry in addition to the Well Read Poem podcast archives . For the full show notes for this episode, please visit https://theliterary.life/314 .

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